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Bombshell

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode. historical
  2. 2
    an explosive bomb or artillery shell wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational. figuratively

    "Singer and Jeffreys had focused their attention on cancer risk, but the bombshell of the report was the danger to children."

  4. 4
    a shocking surprise wordnet
  5. 5
    Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol. broadly

    "Diana Dors, the 1950s blonde bombshell"

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  1. 6
    an entertainer who has a sensational effect wordnet

Etymology

From bomb + shell.

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